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Flower (Hana)
Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II) Japanese, 1762-c. 1830

Travelers in Snow
Katsukawa Shunsen (Shunko II) Japanese, 1762-c. 1830

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Plant Seller Awashima no Yonosuke in the Play Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1781
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Lady Yuya (Yuya Gozen) (?) in the Play Heike Hyobanki (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1789 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Ashikaga Takauji in the Play Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1786
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Asao Tamejuro I as Drunken Gotobei in the Play Yoshitsune Koshigoe Jo, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Ninth Month, 1790
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Hatakeyama Shigetada in the Play Edo no Fuji Wakayagi Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1789
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo III as Fuji Sakon (?) in the Play Egara Tenjin Risho Kagami (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Third Month, 1789 (?)
Katsukawa Shunsen Japanese, active 1780s-early 1790s

The Actor Bando Shucho III as Shizuka Gozen, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
Natori Shunsen Japanese, 1886-1960

Waitress at a Seaside Teahouse
Katsukawa Shunko Japanese, active c. 1770s-1800

Blue and Red Macaws
Shunko (Harumitsu) Japanese, dates unknown

The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川 春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

The Actor Nakamura Kichiemon I as Mitsuhide, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
Natori Shunsen Japanese, 1886-1960

The Actor Sawada Shojiro as the Swordsman Hayashi Buhei, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
Natori Shunsen Japanese, 1886-1960

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

The Actor Onoe Matsusuke IV as Nozarashi Kohei, from the series “Collection of Portraits by Shunsen (Shunsen nigao shu)"
Natori Shunsen Japanese, 1886-1960

Shoki the Demon Queller
Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

The Actor Yamashita Mangiku I as Osan in the Play Kitekaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1780
Katsukawa Shunko I Japanese, 1743-1812

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)